LOS ANGELES — SpaceX has disclosed in a regulatory filing that Donald Harrison, Google’s President of Global Partnerships and Corporate Development, has resigned from its Board of Directors.
Harrison, a long-serving Google executive who joined the tech giant in 2005, stepped down without any operational disputes or policy disagreements with SpaceX, according to the filing. His departure comes despite deep financial and commercial ties between Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and Elon Musk’s space enterprise. Alphabet originally took a strategic stake in SpaceX in 2015 at a $12 billion valuation, and the entities continue to maintain key commercial synergies—including satellite-based AI chip joint ventures like Project Suncatcher and large-scale data center infrastructure agreements.
In an official statement, Google affirmed its ongoing support for SpaceX’s operational roadmap and confirmed that commercial partnerships between the two technology firms will remain intact.
